Peck family correspondence, 1891-1947 (bulk 1904-1915).

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Peck family correspondence, 1891-1947 (bulk 1904-1915).

Contains correspondence concerning both the private and public interests of the Peck family, most notably Janet Peck, including the Golden Gate International Exposition, the Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church and correspondence with Phoebe Apperson Hearst.

2 boxes (.8 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7170310

UC Berkeley Libraries

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Hearst, Phoebe Apperson, 1842-1919

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Phoebe Elizabeth Apperson Hearst was born in St. Clair, Missouri, the daughter of Drucilla (Whitmire) and Randolph Walker Apperson. In 1860, businessman George Hearst met Phoebe when he returned to St. Clair to care for his dying mother. When they married on June 15, 1862, George Hearst was 41 years old, and Phoebe was 19. Soon after their marriage the Hearsts moved to San Francisco, California, where Phoebe gave birth to their only child, William Randolph Hearst. As a very successful miner wh...

Peck family.

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Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)

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History It has been said that with two great bridges in the course of construction, there began in San Francisco, in about 1933, a substantial feeling that a celebration or exposition should be held to commemorate their completion. As the plans for an exposition developed, it seemed fitting that its theme should be man's progress in communication, transportation, trade and industry, since these were the fields symbolized by the bridges. The S...

Peck, Janet,

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